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Re: yad/memorial

From: "M. Brody" <mbrody AT earthling.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: yad/memorial
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 19:37:46 +0200

For the source of "Yad" as memorial:
The extended meaning of the word includes associated concepts such as-
"al-yad" nearby=touchable
"yad" handle [Mishna Uksin]=used to touch/grasp
and consequentaly anything making useful/possible to "grasp"-
here may be the source of "Yad" as a memorial- allowing ourselves to grasp
[come to grips] with the death of the individual, or as an intermediary to
touch his memory.

Menachem Brody
Machon Helkat haSadeh
Elon Moreh
mbrody AT earthling.net
www.Shechem.org

yad/memorial, ben spackman, 03/17/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: yad/memorial, Jim West, 03/17/2000
- Re: yad/memorial, Peter Kirk, 03/18/2000
- Re: yad/memorial, M. Brody, 03/18/2000